The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-04-16
The Alert passed VI Friday.

The Alert passed W Friday.
Remember the mas meeting next Satur-
day.
Remember the Meeting OF the county
grange.
Mr.. Gibson expects to be sprinkling the
streets next week.
The Dacotah wen down last Sunday morn
ing about 1850 o. ock.
Mr.. Frank Bowman has removed to the
Bates Vaughan house o. Thirteenth street.
The plum and peach trees have been beau
tlful this week in heir abundance of bloom.
Mr.. John Butt, shipped a nice load of
stesr rs from Mayvi.w to Kansas City Mon
day.
The beauty of a each tree in full bloom is
appreciated this yer. after their failure for
the past five years.
MAYHEM notes in Post :-"Station agent
Mckinney recentl' abandoned his wife and
two children, andskipped with a girl in her
teens"
Patents have be,n awarded to two Lexing-
ton township gentlemen as follows:-L r.
Kaufman, on adjusting hair springs for
watches. j. E. Hal, on ''HalPs rheumatic
remedy"
The East Lexington fire company was out
flushing the guttes and laying the dust last
Wednesday, and the No. l folio we'd suit on
Thursday. Goodwork was accomplished in
both instances.
Mrs. Jas. HAYS will remove her furniture
store to the next DOR west of the old Linn
rick bank buildin; in q short time. Father
and son have occipied the present building
for about 80 year.
The G.. A. r. bal, last Monday night, was
very successful an pleasant. There was q
number of persos from a distance present.,
and all seemed to have a nice time, not u
word of discort being heard.
The first sale # loans BY the B.. l.. Assn,
last Friday nilg,t, was very successful. Mr..
j. Il. Hall bought loans on seven shares at u
bonus of e23 % each. Mr.. Max Kaempf
paid S25 OF one and 1874 on another; and
Prof. Kerdolff s25 on still another. The
association bid, fair to be popular and sue
cessful.
In the case Of David H. silver against :tbe
Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge company the
Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff OF Sll.-
900 damages. . was considered by both sides a
rather singular verdict, as the value OF the
Bright Light, ne steamboat lost in contact
with the bridge It Boonvilie. was proven to lie
from S25 .0cO to ss7. 900. and II Il verdict was
given Capt. Silver 1t was thought it should
have been for the entire sum-. The suit brought
a number of old steamboatmen 10 Lexington.
all of whose names we mentioned last week and
they were as much at home among our people as
Al A.
boat. Silver. LsBarge. Mcpherson. Keith,
Jenkins and Gunsolis are familiar names to cur
people.
A special from Lexington to the st. Louis
Republican. dated April -, says:-"A mass
meeting Is to be held here on the 23rd to ad-
vocate the enactment at the legislative special
session of railroad legislation. The Intelli-
gencer prints two columns and q half of short
interviews on the subject, and every gentle
man seen by that paper is recorded as In
dorsing the action OF Gov. M~armaduke,
Among the gentlemen interviewed are Jos
Smith, chief Justice of the county court; Col
McClelland, county treasurer and ex-legisla-
tor; ex-State Senator Edwards, DR.. w. A,
Gordon, an ex-legislstor; W. B. Hamlet
mayor, and scores of others of equal promf.
hence. The call, which was issued for the
meeting last week, is still in circulation and
is receiving additional signatures"
The case of the state against James NJ. Cal.
lahan for the killing of BAIL Chichester oc'
cupied the time Of Justice Granville Clayton
from Thursday of last week until Monday
afternoon. There was q large and interested
audience In attendance, principally from
Wellington and from about Cabbage Meek
where the deceased once lived. There wat
thought to be some feeling In the crowd
against the defendant, and bis lawyers die
not fail to make the most of the circumstance
In their appeals to the court to take bail FOL
bis future appearance. Messrs. Shewalter
Hall and Blackwell appeared for the defense
and Messrs. W. b, Wilson and John L.
Peake for the state. The arguments were
elaborate, the point commended for being The
bailing of the defendant. The speeches be.
gan on Saturday and were only concluded or
Monday. The justice admitted Mr.. callahan
to bail, fixing his bond at $1,000, which was
furnished by David Callahan. Sr., Johr
Longdon. T. 7. Stramcke, j. S. Blackwell, j
D. Shewalter and A. j. Hall.
Track laying ON the Missouri Pacific rail
way extension has reached the Clark Goa
banks, near the city limits. At the Lamine,
at Marshall, Waverly and Berlin we hear Of
gangs Of men actively at work on the grade
Mr.. Gould in st. Louis, a few days ago, sale
to the Republican, IN response to the ques.
cred the most important, '.The line from JEFF
ferson City to Lexington, and the Que dowr
the Mississippi river, as these will give
road from Kansas City TO New Orleans will
q grade under sixteen feet" This road will
be very valuable to WaverIy, Dover and Lex.
ington. 1t will be the life of the two formeI
places. aud will place US on the main rather
have not yet given the right-of- way should
do 40. 1t Is a great. trunk road we are t
get; the greatest road in Missouri: and no
little considerations should stand in the way
Let US be liberal. Then we can ask favors
We want good depots, switches, &C., and W.
want the shops. These things will be In.
valuable to the county.
Three Groves:-We are on a regular Kan
sas boom to-day. Wind blowing at the rate
OF 90 miles per hour. Wheat Is suffering
considerably on account of the recen
drought, and should 1t so continue thu
chances are very unfayorable for a very
hourishing crop. Our Sunday school class
has az ain re.organized aud started out very
hourishing; as much so or more than at any
time during the summer of 'S6. j. W,
Lewis shipped a car load of hogs from Cor.
der Monday to Chicago. Dave Enix shipped
b s fat cattle to Chicago. Mrs. Clara Waldoe
of Arkansas City, Kansas. is visiting her SIS.
ter, Mrs. Nathan Gordon. Quite d number
Of people from this nelghborhood are attend
ing the protracted meeting tina. is being held
In the Presbyterian church at Corder. Geo
Lennie, who was confined to his bed, las,
week, from severe cramping in the stomach,
is again able to be around. Miss Fannie
Catron, OF Higglnsvills, and Miss Mollie
Cstron, of Ric lmond, are rustIcating with
friends and relatives in this vicinity. For
the past six weeks VIM. Nethercutt u Co.
haye been boring and drilling on the farm
of T. A. Catron for the purpose of ohfaioine
wat +. They have at last been succdS III
a depth of 3l2 feet, there being at the 1tcoknt
time something over 200 feet of salt Wstsf IN
the well. VIM. Cstron, of Carthaess6 yts-
itlng friends and relatives in tn Slt5nity.
Mr.. Geo. Fletcher was at Odessa list 0eek
on business. Steve Lewis has got Ia 5e6gest
backbone and more sand In his algpe1 than
snybod- In the state. He 10 Gpeklng a
vicious mule that has whippe63&kof our
best men out and every onss tbsm wss
almost as brave as Frank Sml.14ks% Daniel